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We Don’t Live in a World of Cartoon Villains

By Daniel Herriges, Strong Towns

There are people at every part of that spectrum who care about building local resilience. The Strong Towns approach is radical, but not in a way that fits into ideologues' narrative boxes.

Australian fires

Pictures of the World on Fire won’t Shock us for Much Longer

By Mark O'Connell, The Guardian blog

It’s not the melting of the ice-caps or the burning of the forests that seem to me to be the real apocalyptic scenario, but rather the slow atrophying of our moral imaginations; not the inferno itself, but the indifference of those of us who are not yet on fire. In this sense above all we are in danger, and we need to act immediately to survive.

Of Horseshoe Crabs and Empathy

By Charles Eisenstein, Charles Eisenstein blog

I feel quite sure that whatever the scientific explanation for the die-off of the horseshoe crabs and eels, the real reason is the senseless killing Stella described.

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How empathy, not protest, can defeat Trump and right-wing extremism

By George Lakey, Waging Nonviolence

“Protest” is not the only tool we have. If we take a minute to understand what’s actually going on in the heads of our opponents, and how they understand the unfolding of America’s polarization, we may be glad that we have more options.

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Ode to empathy

By Jen Hinton, Postgrowth

With the emergence of a global civilization, we need to move beyond the “us and them” mentality that lends itself to so much conflict, violence, and self-destruction. An absolutely essential ingredient for this is empathy. Empathy is the act of putting yourself in someone else’s shoes, as the vernacular goes.

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